Vijayashanti meets Rahul, returns to active politics

Hyderabad, Nov 7 (IANS) After lying low for three years, veteran actress and former Member of Parliament M. Vijayashanti is set to become active in politics as she called on Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi in Delhi on Tuesday.

Congress party leader incharge of party affairs in Telangana R. C. Kuntia and state party chief Uttam Kumar Reddy were also present during the meeting.

Vijayashanti told Rahul that she will work for the victory of the party in 2019 elections. Party sources said she may get an important responsibility in the organisation.

The actress-turned-politician was away from active politics since her defeat in 2014 elections.

“Lady Amitabh”, the nickname she earned for her action roles in Telugu films, had joined Congress on the eve of 2014 elections after she was suspended from Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) for anti-party activities.

Vijayashanti began her political career with the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1997 and served as General Secretary of the party’s women’s wing. She quit BJP in 2005 to float a separate outfit to fight for separate statehood to Telangana.

She later merged “Talli Telangana” with TRS and was elected to Lok Sabha from Medak constituency in 2009.